Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Always worth a visit to this gem if you're near Saffron Walden 010
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Walking the Rocque Ring - The Limits of London in 1746. Part 1 alondoninheritance.com/london-journ...alondoninheritance.comWalking the Rocque Ring - The Limits of London in 1746. Part 1 - A London InheritanceThe start of my walk at Horse Ferry, circling London at the edge of the built city as in Rocque's map of 1746 - the Rocque Ring 000
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 10/08/2026J McLean, Carrickfergus, is persuasive. I was trying to make sense of Thilean... 010
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 15/07/2026That depends on airport. I heard that Prague airport security still wants to inspect liquid containers and they must indicate volume (or original volume) of contents 000
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Great blog post by Lara Mayr of @britishlibrary.bsky.social on the papers of Michael Hamburger, translator of of Hölderlin, Celan and WG Sebald among others. And a taste of some of the essential cataloguing work now being done with "hidden collections". 120
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 17/06/2026This was a great overview. I'd recommend it to anyone starting out researching early modern English legal records, if repeated 020
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysThe Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026For this month’s Council’s Choice, Matthew Payne highlights England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, a database containing the names of over 64,000 people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation.bibsoc.org.ukCouncil’s Choice for June 2026 - Bibliographical SocietyEngland’s Immigrants 1330-1550 England’s Immigrants 1330-1550 is a fully-searchable database containing the names of over 64,000 people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundr... 21713
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysThe Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026While a database of medieval people drawn from original sources is always valuable, the particular interest for book historians is the helpful addition of numerous advanced search fields, that enable you to search by occupation, social status, place of origin etc.bibsoc.org.ukCouncil’s Choice for June 2026 - Bibliographical SocietyEngland’s Immigrants 1330-1550 England’s Immigrants 1330-1550 is a fully-searchable database containing the names of over 64,000 people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundr... 111
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Toothbrush, earplugs, eyemask, tissues. Viel spass! And I hope your suitcase wheels don't disintegrate, as mine just have in Sud Tirol 110
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026And now we have Lucy Snow (Keele University and British Library). She's researching 18th-century Knowledge Work in the BL's Harleian Collection. Today we're all agog about LLMs; in earlier times, much knowledge instead resided in private collections of manuscripts. 3/x 1114
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysThe Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Our next lecture will take place on Tuesday 21 April 2026 at 5.30 p.m., at the Society of Antiquaries, London, and online via Zoom. Matthew Payne, Keeper of the Muniments at Westminster Abbey (also Treasurer and a Vice-President of the Society) will deliver the Graham Pollard memorial lecture.ies.sas.ac.ukBibliographical Society Lecture| 21 April 2026 177
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Another lovely skylark! I only ever manage see them disappearing high overhead 110
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I'm sorry for your loss Sarah. It was a beautiful obituary 000
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysBram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social · 03/04/2026🌿🌾 You like gardens? You like history? And games? Then rejoice, because LOBELIUS is here! Thanks to official partners, Museum Plantin-Moretus and the Meise Botanical Garden, the players can skim through the 1581 Kruydtboeck by Matthias de l´Obel. Can you make the most beautiful early modern garden? 1112036
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Finally made these and they were simple, light and delicious as described - thank you 000
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysCatherine Angerson @sonofanger.bsky.social · 27/03/2026A recent acquisition of letters of Dorothy Bussy, translator and novelist, and of her daughter, the artist Janie Bussy, has now been catalogued. New @britishlibrary.bsky.social blog post by Dominic Newman: www.bl.uk/stories/blog...bl.ukLetters of Dorothy and Janie BussyA recent acquisition of letters of Dorothy Bussy, translator and novelist, and of her daughter, the artist Janie Bussy, has now been catalogued. 022
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Long Mynd today and some welcome refreshment @laura-elseplace.bsky.social 110
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysMedieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social · 12/03/2026We have an incredible new PhD placement opportunity to help support the development and curation of our major exhibition on the Norman Conquest, opening in October 2027. Learn more and apply through the link below! www.bl.uk/services/res... 28367
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Brilliant, thanks! So pleased not to have missed it! 010
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysBritish Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Apply by 9 March for @kingsartshums.bsky.social MA in Early Modern English Literature, taught in partnership with us. Find out more about this rich and unique course where you will learn from our expert curators and examine rare texts in our collections. Find out more here: link.bl.uk/kpr 1276
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysThe Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2026On Tuesday 3 March 2026, at 15.30 GMT, the Bibliographical Society will travel virtually to the Vatican Apostolic Library. Founded in 1450 by Pope Nicholas V to promote Humanistic studies, the Vatican Library is one of the world’s most famous libraries.ies.sas.ac.ukBibliographical Society Virtual Winter Visit 1137
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Nice blog on Royal College of Physicians collections from @girlinthe.bluesky.social - libraryservices.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/02/h...libraryservices.jiscinvolve.orgHeritage Library, Royal College of Physicians – Library services 000
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Presumably they put in a lower bid. Not hard, as they seem to employ one wretched telephonist, ignore queries via website, and don't have a functioning system for registering. And have a reputation for paying below minimum wage 100
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 29/01/2026The scale of their failure is enormous, from the "portal" to payment of new pensions and death in service benefits. It's beyond belief 110
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 28/01/2026In BL organisational terms Modern Archives & MSS section covers 1600-1950, 1950 to present day is "Contemporary" 000
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysJesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven) archives.yale.edu/repositories... 15687250
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Oral Histories of the Environmental Movement: Making an Activist Archive url: academic.oup.com/hwj/article/...academic.oup.comOral Histories of the Environmental Movement: Making an Activist ArchiveAbstract. This article considers the making of an archive of environmental activism through the life histories of 100 campaigners involved in environmental 000
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Unch 2 has arrived to brighten up the January days. Decided to staple the solutions pages together to thwart any cheating 1101
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Literary archaeology and a #provenance spreadsheet for Oscar Wilde manuscripts at @britishlibrary.bsky.social 010
Reposted by HeadstrongwaysChristopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Great news here about Ronald Blythe's archive. (Keep an eye out, too, for what Essex Wildlife Trust is doing with his house, which was left to them: it needs a fair bit of work before it can be made accessible to the public but it's going to be great when that's done. www.essexwt.org.uk/bottengoms) 1175
Headstrongways @headstrongways.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Agree on the mushroom brush, though attractive. Also the banana shaped banana keeper, and the mashed potato baller (vintage, probably from an ancient school kitchen),the blow torch we never had any fuel for... 230